This book focuses on the changing gender patterns of work in a global retail environment associated with the rise of contemporary retail and global sourcing. This has affected the working lives of hundreds of millions of workers in high-, middle- and low-income countries. The gr…
Operations Management provides students with a comprehensive framework for addressing operational process and supply chain issues and uses a systemized approach while focusing on issues of current interest. The text has ample opportunities for students to experience the role of …
"What does it mean when consumers 'shop with a conscience' and choose products labeled as fair or sustainable? Does this translate into meaningful changes in global production processes? To what extent are voluntary standards implemented and enforced, and can they really govern …
The rapid emergence of China and India as prime locations for low cost manufacturing has led some analysts to conclude that manufacturers in the 'old economies'--the US, UK, Germany and Japan--are being edged out of a profitable future. But if countries that have historically be…
Challenges the idea that development is synonymous with 'upgrading' global value chains through an institutional theory of trade and development.
Presents a collection of essays that examine the largest corporation in America and includes information on its history and development as well as its impact on the American economy.
Focuses on a key dynamic that is changing the business environment : the globalization of production, which has major implications for the growth prospects of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Asia and the Pacific. Shows that the current global economic environment is…
"Globalization is characterized by persistent poverty and growing inequality. Conventional wisdom has it that this global poverty is residual: as globalization deepens, the poor will be lifted out of destitution. The policies of the World Bank, the IMF and the WTO echo this beli…
This book investigates the process and mechanism of the capability development of East Asian local manufacturers, which has underpinned their phenomenal rise in the worlds competitive landscape of industrial production during the last few decades"--Provided by publisher.
